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Nizhny Tagil () is a city in Census ). The city is situated some 25 kilomeres East to the virtual border between Europe and Asia. HISTORY The city was founded in 1722 as a Demidov iron-founding plant, and developed as one of the early centers of Russian industrialization. It has been a major producer of Cast Iron and Steel . The first Russian steam Locomotive was constructed there in 1833 . GEOGRAPHY Rivers and ponds take up one third of the city's territory. Nizhny Tagil spans 22 km from north to south and 21 km from east to west. The city is built around Lisya Mountain extinct Volcano . This mountain with a watch-tower on its top is a symbol of the city. Another mountain, Medved-Kamen , is located in the northern part of the city and is 100 meters high. High rock wall breaks into the Tagil River . The city's climate is temperate continental. The geological structure of the city is very complex. Its altitude varies from 170 to 380 meters. This makes Nizhny Tagil one of the rare nature store-rooms on the Earth. There are many mineral deposits containing 63 elements of the in the south, with Serov and Priobye in the north, with Perm in the west, and with Alapayevsk and Verkhnyaya Salda in the east. INDUSTRY Nizhny Tagil is a large industrial center of the Middle Urals . Such highly power-intensive industries as ferrous metallurgy, engineering, chemistry, and metal working are well-developed in the city. A total of 606 manufacturing companies operate in Nizhny Tagil. Nizhny Tagil Iron and Steel Plant (''Nizhnetagilsky Metallurgichesky Kombinat'', ''NTMK'') is one of the leading Russia n mettalurgical plants. '' Uralvagonzavod '' (''UVZ'') is well-known in Russia as the main producer of modern Tank s on the territory of the former Soviet Union . T-72 , T-90 , T-95 are produced in the city. CULTURE Nizhny Tagil is known for its trays. Demidov s' initiatives in the area of culture had a favorable influence on the development of Tagil community into the Urals ' most important cultural center. In the 19th century, a library and the museum of natural history and antiquity were open. Nizhny Tagil has a wide network of 28 libraries servicing 75,000 readers every year. Tagil museums include the old regional history museum, the museum of Fine Arts, and a number of new museums opened in the 1990s : the museum of tray painting art, the museum of lifestyle and handicrafts representing the starting point of a new ethnographic complex. The Demidov Park, a new cultural and historical project, is planned to be built in the city. Nizhny Tagil has been repeatedly chosen to host international Urals' Industrial Heritage conferences and workshops. Nizhny Tagil theatrical life is represented by three professional theaters: the National D. N. Mamin-Sibiryak Academic Drama Theater, a puppet theater, community theaters, and the actor department of Nizhny Tagil College Of Arts , which has been training actors and actresses for Nizhny Tagil and oblast scenes for two years. A number of famous musicians studied in the Nizhny Tagil College of Arts, including Mikhail Kuritsky , a cellist, and Boris Levantovich , a pianist. PUBLIC HEALTH Medical care is provided in 29 medical care centers that employ 1,100 doctors and 4,500 assistants. Annually, up to 100,000 people are hospitalized, 28,000 surgeries are performed, and up to four million appointments are registered in the city medical care centers. There is a Yekaterinburg branch of eye microsurgery in Nizhny Tagil. Obstetrical care is well developed. There is a network of municipal and private pharmacies. Potential investors can be attracted by the prospects of developing and implementing a program of manufacturing medical tools for traumatology at the Nizhny Tagil medical tools plant. EXPO-CENTER Nizhny Tagil is one of centers of exhibition activity in the Middle Urals . Nizhny Tagil Institute of Metals Testing was the host of the international exhibitions such as Ural Expo Arms (1999 and 2000), Russian Defense Expo (2001 and 2002). MISCELLANEOUS As of 2006 , the city mayor is Nikolay Didenko . Nizhny Tagil is a Sister City of Chattanooga, Tennessee . EXTERNAL LINKS
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